Receptacle.



F. C. ODELL.

RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1914. nENEwED FEB. i6. 1915.4

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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FREDERICK C. ODELL, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO HARRY H. HANCOCK,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application led March 24, 1914, Serial No. 826,836. Renewed February 16, 1915. Serial No. 8,630.

To all whom t may concern.'

B'e it knownl that I, FREDERICK C. ODELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, county-of Essex, and State` of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to receptacles, as for instance waste-paper baskets, and the general objects of the invention are to provide a practical, eicient and simple receptacle or container.

These being among the general objects of the invention, the same consistsof certain features of` construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a suitable embodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved receptacle showing the same in collapsed or folded position, parts being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is an enlarged -vertical section on the line 2-2 Fig. l; Fig.

3 is an underside view of the improved re.

ceptacle when opened out for use; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line-4 4 Fig. 3, a portion of the body being broken away. y

Referring to the drawings, the body 10,

i 11, of the receptacle may beof any suitable construction and of any suitable material,

but it is preferably made of pasteboard.

`Each of the parts 10, 11, of the body are preferably made complementary to each other so that they can becut out by the same die. They are shown as composed of a plurality of sections and they are connected together in suitable manner at'opposite edges by meansof rivets or fastenings 12, 13. To enable the bodv to be collapsed or folded and to be exteiided so as to provide an en circling or containing body, the sections` of the body are made to fold together which is usually done by scoring the body vertically as at 10.y

' Whatever may be the construction of the body of the receptacle, the improvement of Vthe present invention resides inJthe means for closing one end of Said body. As shown in the drawings, the construction isthe following: A closure member or plate 14 is pro vided with a fold joint at 15 located adjacent' one side of the body .10, 11, and below said fold joint is an extension 16, which iS fastened to the body as by means of rivets means of an ladolitionalrivet 23. The sections I19, 2O and their described parts are preferably made of pasteboard, and the opposite ends of the pasteboard are scored transversely as at 24 and 25 so as to provide fold joints, and intermediately of the joints 24, 25 it is scored transversely at 26. It will be seen that the area of the closure member 14 and the combined area of thesections 19 and 20 of the support, brace or distending by means of the said rivets 17, 18, and by A member correspondssubstantially with each other. 4

'Receptacles constructed substantially as set forth may be iattened out or collapsed so as to occupy a small compass, forstoring away or for transportation. To open it out, one hand is inserted within the body and pressure is brought to bear upon the closfie member 14 which not, only moves said member to closlng position but also acts to spread -out or distend the sections 19, 20, so that when the parts are in open using position, sald sectlons 19, 20 will besubstantially parallel with the closure member 14 so as to vproperly support the same and to hold thev body 10 distended. To fold or collapse the receptacle, it is only necessary to press one hand against the fold joint at 26, thereby folding the sections 19 and 20 and the closure member 14 together, within the collapsed body 10, as shown in Fig. 2.

It is obvious that this invention is Susceptible of a wide range myof modification, as

parts may be modified, parts omitted, and parts added and substituted without departing from the general nature of the invention.v

What I claim as new is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination/ of a body providing the side walls of said device, a support attached to opposite sides of said body and constructf ed to fold Within said body, and a closure member having an area which is substantially that of the inclosed area of said body to be supported by said support.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination ofa body providing the side walls of said device, a support hinged to said body at both ends and having an intermediate fold joint, said support being foldable within said body, and a closure member to be supported by said support.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a body providing the lside walls of said device, a support hinged to said body, and a closure member to be Msupported by said support, said support and closure members having approximately the same area,which areais substantially that of the inclosed area' of said body.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a flexible body, providing the side walls of said device, a distending member for said body having an inter-V mediate fold joint so that it is foldable into said body, and a closure member supported above and adjacent said distending member.

5. A closure for a receptacle'comprising an intermediately folding brace and a flap or plate member foldable against said brace,

said parts having an edge connection, and fold joints adjacent said edge connection, all of said folds being parallel.

6. A closure for a receptacle comprising an intermediately folding brace and a Hap or plate member foldable against said brace, said parts having an edge connection and being of approximately the same area, and fold joints adjacent said edge connection, all of said folds being parallel. J

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a collapsible body com` prising folding sections, a distending member having an intermediate foldjoint and hinged at opposite edges to opposite sections of said body so as to fold` within said body, and a closure member supported by said distending member.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a flexible body, an inwardly collapsible member of flat material connected at opposite edges with said body and having an area substantially that of the inclosed area of said body when the latter is extended, and a closure member supported by said collapsible member.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination of a collapsible body, a closure member hinged at one edge at one side of said body, and a distending member hinged at the opposite side of said body, and also hinged parallel with a` diameter of said closure member, so as to have a coperating relationship with said closure member.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination of a collapsible body comprising folding Sections, a distending member in the bottom thereof, comprising two sections having downturned extensions secured to the inner surfaces of opposite sections of said body, the said sections of said member having hinge connection with the upper parts of said extensions, whereby "saidmember is positioned above the lower ends of said folding sections, and an inwardly acting connection for said distending-member sections, said distending member being thereby collapsible into said body when said body is collapsed.

1l. In a device of the character described, the combination of a collapsible body comprising folding sections, a distending `member in the bottom thereof, comprising two sections having downturned extensions secured to the inner surfaces of opposite sections of said body, the said sections of said member having hinge connection with the upper parts of said extensions, whereby said on a line adjacent and member is positioned above the lower ends of said folding sections, said distendingmember sections having a dimension greater than the .running length ofsaid hinge connection, and an inwardly acting -connection for said distending-member sections, said distending member being thereby collapsible into said body when said body is collapsed. FREDERICK C. ODELL.

Witnesses:

EVA G. NASH, DANIEL A. MORRISON. 

